Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"43. Madagascar. ̶ Dans la Brousse ̶ Chapelle dédiee à Ste. Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus." A simple grass mission church is depicted in the country. A missionary father and several …

"Madagascar. - Au travail pour reparer les breches" ("With work to repair the breaches"). Three missionary sisters and nine indigenous women are standing near a dirt ledge about three to …

Photograph of a Swiss missionary with his wife and his dog. In the background, trees. Photographie d'un missionnaire suisse romand avec sa femme et son chien. À l'arrière plan, des …

No original title. Mr. and Mrs. Blumer with Arnold(?) or Wilhelm(?) and five other persons on a porch. Cf. photo no. 544, album no. 20. -- Leonhard Blumer (1878-1938), from …

„Tabase. Petrus, Willy und Samuel Mazwi, letzterer Lehrer“ (“Tabase. Petrus, Willy and Samuel Mazwi, latter teacher“). The three men are standing in a line, next to each other. They are …

"Br. Giersch an der Nähmaschine." ("Br[other] Giersch at the sewing machine."). Missionary Giersch is sitting in front of a portable sewing machine while smoking a pipe. Four young male Africans …

"William Percival Johnson, Archdeacon of Nyasa." "Universities' Mission to Central Africa". The postcard depicts a framed bust photograph of the archdeacon wearing a clerical collar. The back of the postcard …

"Mkuzi Station with Rev. Petro Limo." An indigenous Anglican priest stands in a grassy space between mission buildings, a large fieldstone building to the left. The back of the postcard …

Photograph of Swiss missionaries in Valdezia. From left to right: Mrs Berthoud, Marthe Grand and Henri Berthoud. Standing next to Mr and Mrs Berthoud, their children. Photographie de missionnaires suisses …